Clothesline hanger



* May 12, 1953 P. B. CADMAN 30 CLOTHESLINE HANGER Filed Aug. 30, 1949 Patented May 12, 1953 UNITED ISTTES PATENT w OFFICE CLOTHESLINE RANGER Phillip B. Cadman, Venice, Calif.

Application August 30, 1949, Serial No. 113,231

This invention relates to clothes-line hanger apparatus. Its general object is to provide hanger apparatus for a series of stretches of clothes-line,. al1 arranged compaetly Within a relatively sma1l area, and with overhead support such that a person may wa1k beneath a c10thes line throughout this area without colliding with any of its supports.

A further object is to provide a cloths 1ine hangar apparatus which is adapted to be attached to the side of a garage or other building in a baok yard, and which embodies cantilever suspension such as to leave the entire space beneath it unobstructed.

A further object is to provide such a clothes 1ine hanger apparatus which is of relatively simple and inexpensive construction.

Another object is to provide such a hanger apparatus having relative1y simple leve1ing and adjusting means.

Other objects will become apparent in the ensuing specification and appended drawings in which:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a hanger apparatus embodying my invention, attached to a garage;

Fig. 2 is an e1evational sectional view of the garage, showing one of the hangers attached thereto, taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is an and view of the hanger cf Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a detail sectiona1 view of a-hanger beam with extension;

Fig. 5 is a detail view of a beam without extension;

Fig. 6 is a detail sectional view taken on the line 66 01 Fig. 5;

Fig. 7 is a detail sectional view of a line connector; and

Fig. 8 is a sectional view of a modified form of the line connector.

My improved clothesline hanger embodies a pair of hanger beams Il each carrying a p1ura1ity of bands I2 which have eyes l3 through which clothesline rope or cab1e [4 may be threaded. The inner ends of beams I I are loosely receivabie in sockets I5 which in turn are attachable to studs I6 of a garage or other building.

The beams Il are supported by braces II each adapted to be attached at one end to a stud I6 of the building and attached at its other end to a beam Il. Each beam Il is fabricated from metal pipe and its end may be threaded into one end of a union 2l (Fig. 4) or an end cap 23 (Fig. 5). Into the other end of each union 2l is threaded a short extension 22, the outer end 5 Claims. (Cl. 211-94) 2 of which is finished with a cap 23 threaded thereon.

Braces l! are secured t0 studs I6 by means of screw eyes 24. Each brace II passes through a screw eye 241 and the latter is screwed into the stud i6. Each brace I'I bas a turnbuckie 25 which is utilized to adjust the length of the brace in order to 1evel the beam Il. Each brace bas at its outer end a hook 26 which is engaged in the end of a slot 2! (Fig. 5) in the outer end of beam I I, and secured by the abutting engage ment of union 2l (or cap 20).

Lateral braces 28 extend dagonally from the outer ends of beams Il to the corners of the building in the plane of beams Il. Each brace 28 has at its outer end a hook 26 engaged in a plot 23 in the outer end of a beam II and its inner end is anchored to a corner stud Ica by means of a screw eye 30.

Braces l1 are inclined upwardly in substantially a common plane which is roughly parallel to the plane of roof 3l, whereby to provide a cantilever arrangement for supporting the downward pull of the loaded clothes-line upon beams Il, while the lateral braces 23 provide 1aterai support for taking the horizontal inward pull against beams Il, developed by the loading of limes I4. The downward load upon beams I I develops therein a compressive force which pushes the inner ends of beams Il into sockets l5, maintaining the connections between these parts. Thus it becomes possible to employ loosely-socketed connections between beams II and sockets l5, eliminating the expense of threading these connections.

The braces Il, in addition to their 'bracing function, have the additional function of serving as Slide rails for a series of rings 32 which are secured to the side edges of a tarpaulin awning 33. The awning 33 provides a rainshed cover for the central portion of the area traversed by fines I4. An operating line 34, secured at its 1ower end to a rod 35 binding the forward edge of awning 33, passes around a pulley 36 which is mounted at the upper extremity of garage wall 31, and thence passes downwardy t0 pro vide a depending portion that may be grasped and pulled so as to slide the awning to the retracted position shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The upper end of the awning 33 may be attached to the garage beneath roof 3l as indicated at 38.

Eyes I3 are connected to collars l2 by means of threaded shanks 39 (Fig. 7). The threaded shanks 39 function as set screws and the eyes l3 function as wing heads for setting the shanks 39 against beams Il te fasten collars I! in selected positions. Ihus provision is made for adjustment of collars l2 to any desired spacing along beams Il.

Fig. 8 il1ustrates a modified form of the line connecter, which can be used in lieu of that shown in Fig. 7. An eyebolt l3a has its threaded shank passed freely through an opening in collar 12a, and threaded through a nut 39', which bears against the inner wall of collar 12a. 'Ihe shank bears against beam il to look the collar thereto.

Each brace 28 incorporates a turnbuckle 25 for tightening the lines l3 whenever they tend to sag.

Where extension 22 is employed, a clowel- 40 1s inserted into the abutting ends of the inse1t and the beam Il, rigidifying and bracing the connection between the beam and the extension;

I claim:

1. In a clothesline hanger, a pair of laterally Spaced, parallel tubular beams each having,at an inner end, means for attachingthe same to a vertical wall of a building and eaeh having, at its enter end, male screw threads and a pair of slots disposed respectively at the outer and upper sides therecl; cantilever brace rods comprising a hanger rod and a lateral bracing rod for each beam, each rod having at its enter end, a, bock extending through a respective one of said slots and h0oked into the respective heam at the bottoms of said s10ts; and an internally threaded fitting threa-ded upon said maie threads and engaging said hooks to look them in said slots; and

means for attaching to said beams, a clothesline extending back and orth between said beams in transver5e stretches.

2. A hanger as defined in claim l, wheren said fittmg conssts in an end cap.

3. A hanger as defined in claim 1, wherein said fitting comprises a nipple; and including an extension member haVing a, threaded end securecl in said nipple and thereby attached to a respeo tiVe beam in alignment therewith.

4. In a clothes lime hanger, a pair of laterally spaced, parailel horizontal tubular beams each having, at an inner end, means for attaching the same to a vertical wall of a building and each having, at its enter end, means defining a pair of adjacent s1ots therein; a cantfleverhanger rod for each beam disposed generally in a, Vertical plane above its respective beam, and a cantilever lateral bracing rod for each beam, disposed in generally the same plane as the beams, each of said rods having at its outer end a hook extending through a respective one of said slots and thereby hooked into the respective beam; and means for attaching to said beams a clothes lime extending back and forth between said beams in transverse stretchs.

5. In: a clothes: lime hangar, a pair of laterally spaced; parallel hanger beamg each having, at one end, means for attaching the same to a vertir:al wall of a building; two sets of collars through which the respective beams extend; each collar having an internal diameter greater than the extrnal diameter of the respective beam; each collar having a radial opening at one side thereof; a set screw having a threaded shank portion extendng through said opening; 3, nul; threaded onto said threaded shank, said coller being.dispcsed. eccentrically with reference to said beam,. and.definingthawith, on the side adjacent said radial opening, a space in which said nut is received.amd interposed between the inner face of said coller and the outer face of said beam, said shank extending through said nut and bearing. against said beam to look the collar to the beam; said set screw having a wing head in the form of an eye, said eye functioning as line support throughwhiah a clothes line may be threaded for attachng the same to said beam.

PHILLIP B. CADMAN.

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